Colluqium November 15

On November 15, 2012 the University of Michigan welcomed Dennis Bodewits to speak on comets and asteroids.

Dennis Bodewits is an assistant research scientist in the Astronomy Department at the University of Maryland.  "His research emphasizes comets and asteroids, and he is a member of the EPOXI/Deep Impact and Stardust-Next science teams. His observational studies encompass X-ray, UV and visible regions, and makes use of mostly space-born telescopes, such as Swift, Chandra, and XMM-Newton".(http://www.astro.umd.edu/people/dennis.html)

In his speech Bodewits focused on the roles comets and asteroids played in the creation of water on Earth.  He had videos and many photos of artistic interpretations of water formation of Earth. Bodewits also gave detailed explanations of the compositions of asteroids and comets.

For more information on comets here is a link: http://www.michastrostudent.blogspot.com/2012/11/comets.html. For more information on asteroids here is a link: http://www.michastrostudent.blogspot.com/2012/11/asteroids.html. For more information on water formation on Earth here is a link: http://www.michastrostudent.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-water-of-earth-contribution-of.html.